How Fintech Clair Hit A $100M Run Rate By Offering Workers The 'Fairest' Early Access To Wages
CEO Nico Simko spent years cracking a business model he says can provide better access to credit for millions of working Americans. Now it's growing 10x.
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They Knew He Was A Scammer, So They Offered Him A Job
When an engineering job interview turned suspicious, Checkr CEO Daniel Yanisse decided to play along to test his own identity software.
Ambrook, A QuickBooks Killer For Farms, Raises $30M To Go After More Of The 'Real Economy'
CEO Mackenzie Burnett is taking her startup used by 8,000 businesses into trucking, construction and real estate after raising a Series B led by Lachy Groom.
Why AI Won't Replace Accountants — It'll Make Them Richer, Says Basis CEO Matt Harpe
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Meet The AI Startup Winning Over Real Estate's Toughest Customers
Exclusive: Brokers love Henry AI's deck builder. Now it's raised a $16.5M Series A led by FirstMark to automate more of the process -- and stay ahead of Claude.
Voice AI Startup Wispr Is Launching A Lab To Bring 'J.A.R.V.I.S.' To Life
CEO Tanay Kothari says Wispr will hire up to 50 top researchers, at a commitment of hundreds of millions of dollars, in the pursuit of 'J.A.R.V.I.S.' technology.
Abridge’s Shiv Rao: Taking On Microsoft To Cure Doctor Burnout With AI
A cardiologist turned founder, Rao says he's building an operating system, not an AI scribe. He's got 300 health system customers spanning 250M Americans -- and a lot of competition.
Bell-Ringer To Bug-Hunter: Zoom CEO Eric Yuan Pushes Startup Speed, 15 Years In
In a wide-ranging interview, the tech billionaire talks 'Zoom 2.0,' buying startups, product-led growth, digital twins, deep fakes, and his quest for a four-day work week.
Agents For CFOs, Runaway Tokens And 'Unreasonable Hospitality,' With Pigment's Eléonore Crespo
One of France's leading AI founders talks agents, competing at the talent "buffet," making co-CEOs work and "unreasonable hospitality," featuring Tom Cruise.
Exclusive: Startup Adapter Launches With $17.8M To Bring New 'Cognition' To AI Tools
Repeat founder Adam Ghetti returns with a startup backed by GV and others to provide better 'cognition' for your AI use -- all while keeping your data safe from labs like OpenAI.